"But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbac…" — Genesis 35:8

Genesis 35:8 · KJV

“But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. {Allonbachuth: that is, The oak of weeping}”

— Genesis 35:8

Verse 7

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. {Elbethel: that is, The God of Bethel}

Verse 9

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

Genesis 35 — Context

So Jacob came to Luz, which {is} in the land of Canaan, that {is}, Bethel, he and all the people that {were} with him.

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. {Elbethel: that is, The God of Bethel}

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. {Allonbachuth: that is, The oak of weeping}

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

And God said unto him, Thy name {is} Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 24:59

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

1 Samuel 31:13

And they took their bones, and buried {them} under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Judges 2:1

And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. {angel: or, messenger}

Judges 2:5

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. {Bochim: that is, Weepers}